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May 13, 2014 Issue

Cover Story

The next time you’re out and about, look up. You’ll see a whole new world: that glimpse of a ceiling (is it … covered in red patent leather?), the barely visible boughs of a rooftop garden in bloom, all those tantalizing hints of how our neighbors live. This city is full of secrets. Who would guess that a humdrum building in Brooklyn houses a modernist sanctuary, or that
a West Village apartment contains a full-on locker room—sauna included? Who would imagine that a stately Upper East Side mansion holds a swimming pool (and so much more)? In the fourth edition of New York’s Design Hunting, Wendy Goodman invites us into some of the city’s most surprising homes. Delight in a Chelsea townhouse reinvented by architect Winka Dubbeldam. Step into a kitchen that’s truly one-of-a-kind. And wait until you see what a couple of enterprising owners did with their Crown Heights house. Read on, get inspired—then check out our guide to the best of the city’s architects, interior designers, specialists of every stripe, and all the stores you need to know about. Whether you’re actually renovating, or just like to look, you’re in for a treat. On the Cover: Jeremy Floto and Cassandra Warner’s Crown Heights bedroom. Photograph by Floto+Warner for New York Magazine

Eat, Sweat, Sleep, Lounge

When a very modern West Village apartment needed a touch of the old school, interior designer Ariel Ashe and architect Reinaldo Leandro transformed the storage space into a private locker room—complete with built-in sauna.